Do-it-yourself

Build a plywood sportsman camper now and you will have it ready in time for the camping season. Rugged, yet light in weight, you would have found this one easy to haul and handle in 1959. "Craft Patterns" 690 and 691 explained its construction step by step, and of course, you could have saved a good deal of the cost by building it yourself. The trailer had a plywood body, innerspring mattress, kitchenette and built-ins for storage. And it slept two adults.

Build a plywood sportsman camper now and you will have it ready in time for the camping season. Rugged, yet light in weight, you would have found this one easy to haul and handle in 1959. "Craft Patterns" 690 and 691 explained its construction step by step, and of course, you could have saved a good deal of the cost by building it yourself. The trailer had a plywood body, innerspring mattress, kitchenette and built-ins for storage. And it slept two adults. (Tribune archive photo)

Build a plywood sportsman camper now and you will have it ready in time for the camping season. Rugged, yet light in weight, you would have found this one easy to haul and handle in 1959. "Craft Patterns" 690 and 691 explained its construction step by step, and of course, you could have saved a good deal of the cost by building it yourself. The trailer had a plywood body, innerspring mattress, kitchenette and built-ins for storage. And it slept two adults.Tribune archive photo